Railroad-tie.



No. 645,062. Patented Mar. la, |900.

H. w. BLAUCH.`

RAILROAD TIE.

(Application led Dec. 12, 1899.)

(No Model.)

y l uml Miren STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY W. BLAUOH, OF PALMYRA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 645,062, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed December 12, 189 9. Serial No. '740,0488. (Nemodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY YV. BLAUCH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Palmyra, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

l his invention relates general, and more particularly to metallic ties; and it has for one object to providea construction to which the rails may be easily connected and firmly held, a further object being to provide a structure in which the separation of the rails may be varied and to which a guard-rail may be attached foreach of the track-rails, the structure of the ties being such as to preclude the necessity of the usual care in tamping dierently at different points in the length of the tie.

Figure l is a* perspective view showing a tie having portions of rails connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a central section of the tie, taken transversely of the rails. Fig. 8 is a transverse section of one portion of the tie and showing a rail and the attaching-bolt in elevation. Fig. 4c is a view similar to Fig. 2 and showing a dierent form of rail-clamping plate. Fig. 5 is aview similar to Figs` 2 and 4 and showing a tie with curved track-rails and guard-rails xed thereon.

Referring now to the drawings, the tie of the present invention comprises two parts 10 and 11, which are similar in every respect and which parts each comprise a bottom plate 12, having its edges turned upwardly to form sides 13 and 14;, between which sides and bottom are fixed end blocks 15. A covering-plate 16 is disposed upon the upper edges of the sides 13 and 14 and the ends 15, and this covering-plate has its side edges bent downwardly to lie upon the outer faces of the sides 13 and 14 and to which they are riveted. The outer ends of the sections 10 and 11 are provided with covers 17; provided with ears 1S, through the medium of which the covers are hinged to the downturned edges of the covering-plates 16. the interior of the tie-section may be had at all times, and the ends of the tiesections may be closed' to prevent the ballast entering the sections.

to railway-ties in By this means access to' In order to hold the tie-sections against disl placement with respect to each other, the end blocks 15 are perforated centrally, and these perforations are threaded and are adapted for alinement. The thread of the perforation of one end block is a right-hand thread, While Y the perforation of the corresponding block has a left-hand thread, and with the threads of theseperforations are engaged the threaded ends of aright and left threaded adjustingbar 25, having a central angular portion 26, adapted to receive a Wrench. Jam-nuts 27 are disposed upon the adj usting-bar, so that after the tie-sections have been properly positioned they may be held against displacement.

From the above construction it will be seen that by manipulation of the adjusting-bar the tie-sections may be moved toward or away from each other to assume the proper correlative positions and that the rails willlbe rigidly held in place.

To permit application of the nutsto the lower ends of the bolts 19, openings 29 are made in the sides of the tie-sections and are of sufticient size to permit the insertion of the hand of the operator, these openings having closures 30. Plates 37 in the form of webs are disposed vertically and longitudinally of each of the tie-sections and are so positioned that the nuts upon the clamping-bolts will lie against them to permit clamping action by manipulation of the bolts from the heads of the latter.

It will be seen that by making the tie in two parts a large percentage of the metal of the usual tie is saved, simple and efficient means for adjusting the positions of the rails is provided, and at the same time the tie-sec tions may be tamped to the same extent throughout their lengths, thus eliminating IOO the care usually required in graduating the tamping from the ends toward the middle of the tie.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is shown a construction similar to that just described and employing a dierent-form of clampingplate 30, the base of which is extended, as shown, to receive two clamping-bolts 3P, this structure being employed where the tendency to spreading of the rails is above normal.

In Fig. of the drawings the tie is shown as adapted for the reception of the trackrails and the guard-rails atacurve, the trackrails 32 and guard-rails '33 having common clampingplates 34, one of which is disposed between the track-rail and guard-rail upon each tie-section, and each of the track-rails having an exterior clamping-plate 35, while each of the guard-rails has a corresponding clamping-plate 36. In this embodimentof the invention plates 37 are employed to lie against the nuts of the clamping-bolts 38 to prevent their rotation.

It will of course be understood that in practice the several parts of the tie-sections may be cast or formed of sheet metal and that the particular outlines andthe dimensions thereof may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

l. A railway-tie comprising a hollow supporting portion, openings in` the supporting portion, clamping-plates having bolts passed therethrough and into the openings, nuts upon the inner ends of the bolts, and additional plates within the hollow supporting portion and lying against the faces of the nuts, said plates being attached to the top and the bottom of the hollow supporting portion to support the top.

2. A railway-tie comprising a plurality of hollow sections adapted to receive rails,meaiisl for adjusting the sections, each of said sections comprising a bottom and sides formed integral, a cover-plate fixed to the edges of the side and end blocks at one end of the body portion, means connected with theend blocks foradjusting the body portions toward and away from each other, and a cover hinged to the outer end of each body portion to permit access thereto at times and to prevent ingress of ballast when the bodies are adjusted.

3. .A railway-tie comprising a hollow supporting portion, openings in the supporting portion, clamping-plates having bolts passed therethrough and into the openings,nuts upon the inner ends o'f the bolts, and plates .within the hollow bearing portion and lying against iiat faces of the nuts.

4:. In a railway-tie, the combination witha hollow body portion having openings therein, of a clan1ping=plate having openings alining" with the openings of the body portion, clamping-bolts passed through the alining openings and having nuts at their inner ends, hand-l holes in the body portion, and means for engagement with the nuts to hold them from ro'- tation.

5. A hollow tie comprising a bottom and sides formed integral, a cover-'plate xed to the edges of the sides, an end block at one end of Athe body portion, and a cover hinged to the opposite end of the body portion to close the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARVEY W. BLAUCII.

Witnesses:

J. F. LAUoK, M. E. CAssEL. 

